[PART ONE.] [ I, ] [II, ] [III, ] [IV, ] [V, ] [VI, ] [VII, ] [VIII, ] [IX, ] [X, ] [XI, ] [XII. ]
[PART TWO.] [I, ] [II, ] [III, ] [IV, ] [V, ] [VI, ] [VII, ] [VIII, ] [IX, ] [X, ] [XI, ] [XII, ] [XIII, ] [XIV, ] [XV, ] [XVI.]
[PART III. ] [I, ] [II, ] [III, ] [EPILOGUE.]
[TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE].
THE UNWELCOME MAN
THE
UNWELCOME MAN
A NOVEL
BY
WALDO FRANK
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1917
Copyright, 1917,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved
Published, January, 1917
Printers
B. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, U.S.A.
TO MY
MOTHER AND FATHER
PART ONE
THE UNWELCOME MAN
THE UNWELCOME MAN
I
It threatened a Christmas of wet winds and heavy moods. The air was sluggish. Winter had died to a tepid dampness. Snowdrifts were mire; and where had been clear skies was now a dull and lowering shroud. It was as if, at its last effort, the year had lost heart and purpose. There was a note of spiritual sagging in this turn from the exuberance of cold to a siege of muddy rivulets and stagnant vapors and grey trees. The brilliant storm that had swept the country white was now a scourge of swamp upon the land-side. And through the minor harmony of dripping leafage and fulsome roads and drench-stained houses came a fret of chill, too slight to retrieve the season from its languor, yet real enough to stultify the warmth.